Heart Lung Transplant

How to prepare for Heart-Lung Transplant?

To get into a heart-lung transplantation program, you must meet certain requirements. Although these vary slightly from program to program, the typical heart-lung transplantation candidate usually fit....

How is Heart-Lung Transplant done?

An intravenous (IV) line is inserted into a vein in your arm to deliver fluids and medications, and you receive general anesthesia. Your surgeon inspects the donor heart and lungs to confirm that they....

What is Heart-Lung Transplant?

A heart-lung transplant is surgery for someone with life-threatening breathing and heart problems. Surgeons remove the damaged heart and lungs and replace them with a healthy heart and lungs from a pe....

Heart-Lung Transplant: When to seek medical help?

After you leave the hospital, call your doctor immediately if: You develop chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness or an irregular heartbeat. You have a fever. Your incision becomes red, swoll....